Co-Ed Poly Kondagaon

Message from the Desk of Principal

It gives me immense pleasure and joy in welcoming our visitors at Government Engineering College, Jagdalpur. It goes without saying that it is an honour and privilege to be the Principal of this College, which is considered one of the premier educational institution of the Bastar District of Chhattisgarh state. It’s a Matter of joy that the institution is located at vananchal/tribal area of the state. Government Engineering College Jagdalpur has successfully completed its 30 years tenure. The college, set up with a goal to make the youth of Bastar proficient in technical field and not only fixed a milestone of completing its 30 years tenure in a tribal dominated area of Bastar, but also the exposition achieved full success in its goal. Having received education from this college, thousands of students have got golden opportunities in their life and they are working in various fields for the development of our country.

The Government Engineering college, established on first march in 1983,initially the college was affiliated to Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University ,Raipur. The college started with just intake capacity of 20 in civil engineering in 1984 and after one year, Mechanical engineering was started with intake capacity of 30. In the year 2000, Electronics & Telecommunication and Information Technology branches were started with an intake capacity of 30 in each. In the year 2005-06, Electrical engineering was started with intake capacity of 30 students .Mining engineering was launched in the year 2010 with intake capacity of 60 students.The two Master degree courses ,Structural engineering in civil and Thermal engineering in mechanical were started with capacities 18 in each. In the year 2010 the intake capacity of Civil and Electronics and Telecommunication engineering were increased to 60. The college offers 6 undergraduate and 2 post-graduate courses. To provide the opportunity to enhance their educational qualifications, 3 part time degree and 2 part time diploma courses are also offered for working youth in different organization.

The college campus is situated in Dharampura, on the Chitrakote road about 5 km. from bus stand towards west of jagdalpur city. The college was started from forest rest house in 1984-85, after 1 year working at saket colony. In 1990-91, the college shifted in dandakaranya building at dharampura-1. In 1995-96, it was again shifted in its own present campus. The institution is running in 7 buildings at present, and 3 more department buildings will be constructed very soon. Two hostels, one for boys and one for girls are available in campus and two more hostels, one for boys and one for girls will be constructed very soon. Thirty four number of staff quarters are also available in the campus.